• Heroes of Yesteryear: Mario

    Heroes of Yesteryear: Mario

    Navneet Prakash, Feb 05, 2008 1628 hrs IST

    Instalment 1 of a nostalgic gamer's fond memories!

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Mario: Plumbing Redefined
Mario is a plumber who ends up saving a princess from an evil fire-breathing dragon. Move over Rocky - this is what I call a great underdog story. This weird concept worked wonders with the gaming crowd who initially saw Mario in Donkey Kong - remember that game? Mario was the little guy who jumped over the barrels and rescued the girl from Kong. The game was a major hit and led to the creation of Mario Bros. Mario's younger brother is Luigi; he has all of Mario's characteristics - including a matching cap.

So Mario and Luigi have this superhuman ability to jump very high (and they have really strong heads); they use their jumping ability to scale high platforms as well as drop down on ugly creeps. They can even sprint fast and shoot after eating a special flower. Sure all this sounds dumb, but when you play the game, you just cant leave the controller.



Initially Mario was a 2D platformer game; the main objective was to save princess Peach. I suppose you guys remember the number of times we had to read this while playing the initial levels: "Thank you but our princess is in another castle." I so wanted to punch that female every time I read it! The game was a major hit, and is still played in various gaming cafes.



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Mike
,Moobeley, on Dec 05, 2008 10:30 PM
U SED SOLID SNAKE TWICE
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Ankit Kumar
,Delhi, on Feb 28, 2008 03:03 PM
Nice game to play
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prakash
,new delhi, on Feb 06, 2008 10:53 AM
you should have given some link where from people could download the game, even the trial version which could be played on windows vista. it was truly a funtastic game.
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Suhas
,Bangalore, on Feb 13, 2008 08:01 AM
How can you forget jumping on the flag pole for capturing the flag...It was awesome
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dasds
,sdsd, on Feb 11, 2008 06:51 PM
dasd
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,;'ml;, on Feb 10, 2008 05:22 PM
.l/<K'
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mayur
,mumbai, on Feb 09, 2008 04:15 PM
ok
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Sudarshan Manay
,bangalore, on Feb 07, 2008 12:18 PM
He has a hard fist. When he jumps and breaks bricks, he's using his fist, not his head. One thing I still remember is the intention to skip going up the creeper from level 4 to level 8. I would get stuck somewhere in a level that looked like it had no ending. I never actually managed to solve it. The best enemy I think are the ones with a black helmet-like cap and the tortoises throwing sticks!
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Jeremy
,PBG, FL, on Feb 06, 2008 09:53 PM
Correction! Mario doesn't have a hard head. He has a hard fist. When he jumps and breaks bricks, he's using his fist, not his head.
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Chandra
,Chennai, on Feb 06, 2008 01:19 PM
Yes... One thing I still remember is the intention to skip going up the creeper from level 4 to level 8. I would get stuck somewhere in a level that looked like it had no ending. I never actually managed to solve it. The best enemy I think are the ones with a black helmet-like cap and the tortoises throwing sticks!
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